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Keeping Your Mouth Shut: Spiraling Self-Censorship in the United States
James L. Gibson AND Joseph L. Sutherland discuss self-censorship in the United States. They note that the percentage of Americans not feeling free to express their views has tripled since the time of McCarthyism. They argue that micro-environment sentiments, such as worrying that expressing unpopular views will isolate and alienate people from their friends, family, and neighbors, may be the driver of self-censorship.
Democracy's Destruction? Changing Perceptions of the Supreme Court, the Presidency, and the Senate after the 2020 Election, James L. Gibson
Supplementary Material | Keeping Your Mouth Shut: Spiraling Self-Censorship in the United States, James L. Gibson and Joseph L. Sutherland
Judging Inequality: State Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis, James L. Gibson and Michael J. Nelson
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